The Hugo Awards for science fiction were announced over the weekend. While they mostly focus on literature, they do have one film prize. And the nominees are...
Best Dramatic Presentation (Long Form)
Captain America: The First Avenger, screenplay by Christopher Markus and Stephan McFeely, directed by Joe Johnston (Marvel)
Game of Thrones (Season 1), created by David Benioff and D. B. Weiss; written by David Benioff, D. B. Weiss, Bryan Cogman, Jane Espenson, and George R. R. Martin; directed by Brian Kirk, Daniel Minahan, Tim van Patten, and Alan Taylor (HBO)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2, screenplay by Steve Kloves; directed by David Yates (Warner Bros.)
Hugo, screenplay by John Logan; directed by Martin Scorsese (Paramount)
Source Code, screenplay by Ben Ripley; directed by Duncan Jones (Vendome Pictures)
Here's a full list of the nominees if you're looking for reading suggestions.
The Captain America nomination reminded me that another Captain America film was announced for April 4th, 2014 in case you plan two years in advance for your ticket purchases. Titling this one could be challenging. Imagine it: Captain America: The First Avenger... Two! Captain America: The Second Avenger? I kid. Obviously they'll just go with Captain America 2... because the Marvel Cinematic Universe doesn't get all Batman/DC creative with their titles.
What excuse will they come up with to get the good Captain's shirt off this time? He doesn't have to do any more super serum transformation. Pity. Bonus points to whoever comes up with the best plot point for disrobal in the comments.
Summer 2013 believes in the intricate body suit
While we're on the future blockbuster topic, after the jump is the summer calendar for 2013 and beyond...
We're skipping 2012 because we're living it and we're perverse like that.
2013
April
Evil Dead (remake)
Oblivion (scifi Tom Cruise picture)
May -SequelLand
Iron Man 3 (every other time Iron Man movies have opened Carrie Bradshaw has been strutting around simultaneously. Where is news of Sex & the City 3?)
Pixels
Star Trek XI
Fast & Furious 6
The Hangover Part 3
Leaf Men (animated from 20th Century Fox)
The Lone Ranger
Untitled Woody Allen (not yet announced but it's the single most predictable thing about the movie calendar. Every year there's a new Woody)
June - in which Hollywood thinks the post apocalyptic zombie craze will still be raging
After Earth (M Night Shyamalan with Mr & Mr Smith post apocalypse)
Man of Steel (Superman is finally back)
Turbo (a snail who wants to be a racer. Cute high concept. From Dreamworks animation)
Monster's University (it only took 12 years for a Monsters Inc sequel)
World War Z (Brad Pitt and zombie apocalypse)
RIPD (Ryan Reynolds and zombies)
July
Despicable Me 2
Robopocalypse
Grown Ups 2
Pacific Rim
Jurassic Park 3D (the only good thing about the 3D craze is the chance to see all these great movies on big screens again)
Dirty Dancing (remake)
The Wolverine (Hugh Jackman gets the claws out for the fifth time... in Japan)
The Smurfs 2 (god help us all)
Aug
300 Sequel (haven't they been promising this one every year?)
Red Sequel (Bruce, Helen, Morgan and Malkovich: Now even older!)
Robocop (remake)
The Mortal Instruments (Lily Collins as an angel warrior in an alternate New York called "Downworld")
2014
April
Captain America Sequel
Stretch Armstrong
May
The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (or Spider-Man 5 if you want to get literal about it)
Untitled Pixar Film (this one takes us inside the human mind)
June
How to Train Your Dragon 2
Transformers 4 (Michael Bay can't be stopped)
Untitled Woody Allen (not yet announced but it's the single most predictable thing about the movie calendar. Every year there's a new Woody)
2016 ?
Avatar 2 because James Cameron makes people wait
2019
Jodie Foster's Flora Plum *
2020
Barbra Streisand's Gypsy *
2022
Untitled Baz Luhrman Film. (His First Since The Great Gatsby)*
*Too soon?